Stacy Jones (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1967)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

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|name=Stacy Jones

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1967|5|26}}

|birth_place=Gadsden, Alabama

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 30

|debutyear={{mlby|1991}}

|debutteam=Baltimore Orioles

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 29

|finalyear={{mlby|1996}}

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.46

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=11

|teams=

• Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1991}})
• Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1996}})

}}

Joseph Stacy Jones (born May 26, 1967) is an American former professional pitcher who played during two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox.

Jones played baseball at Etowah High School in Alabama and was a starting pitcher for the Auburn Tigers for three years.{{cite news |last1=Price |first1=Joshua |title=Former Major Leaguers to headline charity tournament |url=https://gadsdenmessenger.com/former-major-leaguers-to-headline-charity-tournament/ |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=Gadsden Messenger |date=January 23, 2012}} He was a roommate at Auburn with Gregg Olson.{{cite news |last1=Henneman |first1=Jim |title=Newcomers offer relief to pitching-parched O's |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-07-31-1991212219-story.html |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=Baltimore Sun |date=July 31, 1991}} He was selected in the third round of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft.{{cite web |title=3rd Round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1988&draft_round=3&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=3 June 2021 |language=en}} He began his professional baseball career in the New York–Penn League with the Erie Orioles.{{cite web |title=Stacy Jones Minor Leagues Statistics & History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jones-005jos |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=3 June 2021 |language=en}}

Jones was called up to the majors for the first time on July 30, 1991 along with Mike Mussina and Jim Poole. He made his Major League debut on July 31 against the Seattle Mariners at the Kingdome in relief of Poole and pitched two scoreless innings. He returned to the minors two weeks later with a shoulder injury and did not pitch again in the majors that season.{{cite news |last=Smothers|first=Jimmy|title=Jones remembers arriving for The Show |url=https://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/DA/20030205/News/603218139/GT |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=Gadsden Times |date=February 5, 2003 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Stacy Jones 1991 Pitching Game Logs |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=jonesst02&t=p&year=1991 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=3 June 2021 |language=en}} Jones pitched in Minor League Baseball until 1997 with the exception of two games at the Major League level with the White Sox in 1996. He suffered an arm injury in 1997 and never returned to professional baseball.